VeintePesos @VeintePesos@witches.live

@interneteh Let's go to mexico to paint houses, betches!

The results of this poll shows why C# is a horrible language. And not just because it's by Microsoft.

@lynnesbian While I like keybase, and what that team is trying to do, I have two things that really keep me from embracing it anymore. First is that the server-side software is not libre or self-hostable, kind of a bummer. Second is that their terms of service includes a binding arbitration clause that you cannot opt-out of. I think that is generally a pretty skeevy move for any company

Correction on this statement: apparently Keybase doesn’t use GPG - it, instead, uses NaCl keys . You can use GPG keys in keybase to encrypt/decrypt/sign messages, though.

@Roxxie_Riot @lynnesbian It uses gpg, which solves a good few major problems - those of confidentiality and integrity:

Confidentiality: I can create a message and ensure that only, say, Lynne can read it by encrypting the message with her public key. She can then decrypt it with her private key. She can then send a message back and encrypt it with my public key, and I can decrypt it with my private key. Given our private keys haven't been stolen by anyone, if anyone else other than the intended recipients try to read the communication, all they'll get is gobblygook.

Integrity: I can sign a message with my private key, and anyone can verify that the message they received is the one I signed by using my public key. If the message changes at all, this fails.



Using this sort of technology, Keybase then uses it to sign different statements on different websites to verify that an account on x website and an account on their website are owned by the same person. You can also use Keybase to sign and encrypt/decrypt/sign messages if you like, much like Lynne did in her original post (however I myself admittedly prefer using my own local gpg install for that purpose.)

Computers were briefly suitcase-sized before the laptop form took over. They also lost mechanical keyboards and a bit of charm I think.

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@VeintePesos he's a caiman actually

@kittybecca "please disable your shields to properly enjoy this photon torpedo experience"

he has a secret

@EdgarAllanFoe me on masto:

don't let the great filter be the enemy of the good filter!

@anna i think it would be pretty neat to have some PGP functions built into federating software, at least for things like direct messages where it'd be neat to ensure that the only people that can read them are the people you designate

what if like. pgp signing messages and DMs and shit was just like, built in to the fediverse. really maeks u think

@chronicallymoe
"We get it. Ads suck. They suck for us too- we'd prefer to monetize you in a much more lucrative manner."

@Zoe hot

I love receiving letters from my fans, like one I got today telling me that my "debt has been handed over to a debt collection agency" and apparently I'll be hearing from them soon. No idea what this means but I really appreciate the support, love you all

Current mood

@pamela Oh, I don't know whether that's its authors' intent.

Effectively, that's the one safe use of it: publishing things that are already a matter of public record, in a machine-readable and -checkable way.

@kellerfuchs thank you for explaining what it was *supposed* to be for... I've asked a few people and I don't think they realized I was entirely serious; I didn't 'get' the original underlying concept. ​